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Christmas is a time when most get into the festive spirit and bring out the 'Santa' caps to celebrate the year gone by. Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif did no different.

What was different was the reaction to the picture he posted on Facebook with his family. Kaif posted a photo in which he is seen posing with his wife and his two children, all wearing red 'Santa' caps.

He captioned the image "Merry Christmas ! May there be love and peace."

No sooner had the photo had been posted by Kaif, sections of the internet started bashing him for being 'un-Islamic', with some even going as far as to wish him death.

This is not the first time that Kaif has been at the mercy of internet trolls. He was attacked for posting a picture of himself playing chess with his son. Earlier, Kaif was also trolled for doing the Surya Namaskar.

Other cricketers have also been subjected to multiple troll attacks on social media. Irfan Pathan posted a photograph of himself with a rakhi tied around his wrist and wished everyone on the occasion of Rakshabandhan. Trolls lashed out at him for celebrating a Hindu festival despite being a Muslim. A troll also targeted him saying that his father is a 'moulvi' yet he's practicing un-Islamic things.

Pathan was subjected to trolls back in July as well, on religious grounds where his wife was shamed for revealing her arms and wearing nail polish while Pathan for posting the picture.

Mohammed Shami was also attacked on social media twice. Recently, he was trolled for posting 'un-Islamic' pictures of his daughters birthday while back in 2016, Shami was slammed for posting a picture with his wife, who was wearing a sleeveless gown, and he was reminded by Muslim fanatics of his religion.